Letter-sheet



(No Model.) 1

' H. N. H. LUG'RIN.

' LETTER SHEET.

Patented June 3, 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

I-IORATIO N. H. LUGRIN, OF WORCESTER, ASSIGNOR TO THE CUTTER TOYVERCOMPANY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

LETTER-SH EET.-

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 429,575, dated June 3,1890. Application filed August 10,1888. Serial No. 282,476. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: above the edges of the sheet along the slitsBe it known thatLHoRATIo N. H. LUGRIN, or openings B, so that apostagestamp or a citizen of the United States, residing at othersimilar article can readily and conven- 55 WVorcester, in the county ofWorcester and iently be inserted beneath the band, as indi- State ofMassachusetts, have invented cercated at F, Fig. 2, the band serving asa cartain new and useful Improvements in Letterrier for retaining thestamp or other article, Sheets, of which the following, together withand preventing it from escaping or dropping the accompanying drawings,is a specificafrom the sheet and becoming lost when the 60 tionsufficiently full, clear, and exact to enletter is opened.

0 able persons skilled in the art to which this The letter-sheet mayhave its carrier-band invention appertains to make and use the formed inconnection with the embossed same. I Vignette or trade-stamp, as Fig. 1,or at other The object of my present invention is to portion. The sheetcan be provided with 65 provide a letter-sheet adapted for personal one,two, or more carrier-bands formed correspondence, having facilities forsafely therein at such positions as desired, prefand convenientlyretaining, supporting, or erably at positions near the top or side, ascarrying postage-stamps, currency, bills, and shown, or where theembossed bands will other small articles, such as are frequently notinterfere with writing on the surface of 70 sent by post. the sheet.

To this end my invent-ion consists in the For carrying bills orcurrency, the sheet letter-sheethaving the embossed carrier-band can bemadewith a long upright band, as formed therein, as hereinafterdescribed. shown in Fig. 2, convenient for the bill to be In thedrawings, Figure 1 is a view showtucked under and folded back into thecen- 75 ing my improved letter-sheet with single carter of the sheet.The slits B can be simply rier arranged in conjunction with the emoutthrough the paper, or may be slots of bossed vignette or trade-markstamp. Fig. greater or less width, as required.

2 illustrates the manner of using the carrier, By constructing theletter-sheet with bands and showsasheet having a plurality thereof, orcarriers embossed or thrown up as de- 8 with modifications in thearrangement of the scribed a very useful, ornamental, and de- 0 carriersor bands, as for currency, (to, and sirable article of writing-paper isproduced.

variations in the style Ofembossi'ng. Fig. 3 It will be understood thatI do not claim is a section of the letter-sheet transversely the formingof slits in a fabric to serve as a through the carrier-strip, and Fig. 4is a sec-- means for retaining articles mounted there- 5 tion of theletter-sheet longitudinally through on, as I am aware that such practiceis old.

3 5 the carrier-strip. What- I claim as my invention, and desireReferring to parts, A denotes the letterto secure by Letters Patent, issheet, which is of any ordinary kind of writ- A letter or writing-papersheet adapted ing-paper such as used for correspondence, for postalcorrespondence, provided with a 9 and which may be of any ,usual sizeand carrier band or bands, the edges of which shape, as commercial note,letter-cap, legalare separated from the main sheet by slits cap, orother style. I or openings cut through the paper, while the B B indicateslits or openings cut or formed ends are left attached, and with theportion through the paper sheet, preferably parallel which forms theband raised or thrown up 95 to each other and at a short distance apart,from the letter-surface by embossing or or so as to produce a narrowstrip or band C, namental impressions, substantially as dethe edges 0 cof which are severed from the scribed. main body of the sheet, while theends at d Witness my hand this 7th day of August, d are left attachedthereto. The strip or A. D. 1888.

band C is impressed or embossed with any HORATIO N. H. LUGRIN. 0suitable design or ornamentation in a man- Witnesses: V

ner to throw up the strip or band C from the CHAS. H. BURLEIGH,

letter-surface or to raise the edges thereof ELLA P. BLENUS.

